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CitY OF
WEST CHICAGO
WHERE HISTORY & PROGRESS MEET
FINANCE COMMITTEE
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2022!
6:00 P.M. — CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
AGENDA
1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Establishment of a Quorum
2. Approval of Minutes
A. Finance Committee Meeting Minutes of October 27, 2022
3. Public Participation / Presentations
4. Items for Consent
A. Ordinance No. 22-0-0036 — Adopting Fiscal Year 2023 Budget
5. Items for Discussion
6. Unfinished Business
7. New Business
8. Reports from Staff
9. Executive Session (if needed)
10. Adjournment
1 Rescheduled from November 24, 2022
475 Main Street T (630) 293-2200 Ruben Pineda
West Chicago, Illinois | F (630) 293-3028 [uzmeren
60185 www.westchicago.org Nancy M. Smith Michael \ Guttman

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ORDINANCE NO. 22-0-0036
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR
THE CITY OF WEST CHICAGO, DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2023
AND ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2023
WHEREAS, the City of West Chicago has heretofore adopted the annual budget
procedure provided for in 65 ILCS 5/8-2-9.1 through 5/8-2-9.10; and,
WHEREAS, the tentative annual budget for fiscal year commencing on January 1, 2023
and ending December 31, 2023, was made conveniently available for public inspection pursuant
to notice of public hearing published in the Daily Herald, being a newspaper having a general
circulation within the City; and,
WHEREAS, on December 5, 2022, the corporate authorities of the City conducted a
public hearing on said tentative annual budget.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of West
Chicago, Illinois, in regular session assembled as follows:
Section 1. That the annual budget of the City of West Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois,
for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 2023, and ending December 31, 2023, entitled
“Proposed 2023 Budget”, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and by this reference
made a part hereof be, and the same is hereby passed and adopted.
Section 2. That the staffing levels and associated pay ranges contained within the budget
are hereby approved, such approval shall be deemed to comport with the requirement of adopting
the Table of Organization and the Pay Ranges for the City as detailed in the Personnel Manual.
Section 3. That the City Council authorizes the City Administrator and his staff to
continue to contract with Third Millennium Associates Inc. (not to exceed $50,000) for utility
bill mailings, within the maximum amount as included in the proposed Budget and with 7 Layer
Solutions, Inc. (not to exceed $222,200) for information technology services/support.
Section 4. In light of the reserves in the General Fund significantly exceeding those
required by the City’s Reserve Policy:
(a) that the City Administrator is hereby directed to, prior to December 31, 2022, to
reduce the amount of the Interfund Balances to a total of $5,000,000 in any manner
he deems best by forgiving the amounts due to the General and Capital Projects
Funds from the Waterworks and Sewerage Funds;
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(b) and that in future years, should the Reserves in either the General and/or Capital
Projects funds be sufficient to further reduce the Interfund Balances, the City
Administrator shall so direct and such will be reflected in the Audits.
Section 5. That Chapter 18, Sections 18-37(a)(1) of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of West Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the following words: “the first three hundred
thirty-three (333) cubic feet or” and to delete the column labeled 8/1/2019 in the chart following
this language.
Section 6. That Chapter 18, Sections 18-37(a)(2) of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of West Chicago is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following language shall be substituted:
“(2) Additional water usage in excess of two thousand four hundred ninety-one
(2,491) gallons shall be billed at nine dollars and no cents ($9.00) per one
thousand (1,000) gallons effective for bills issued on or after July 1, 2023.”
Section 7. That Section 18-68.3 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of West Chicago
is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following language shall be substituted:
“Sec. 18-68.3. Basic sewer charge.
A basic sewer charge shall be applied based upon metered consumption of water in the
amount of ten dollars and no cents ($10.00) per one thousand (1,000) gallons effective for
bills issued on or after July 1, 2023.”
Section 8. That the City Council approved a Pre-Annexation Agreement (20-R-0045)
for the Trillium Farms Subdivision on August 3, 2020, whereby households were to pay double
the residents’ water and sewer rates until annexation. Many of these homeowners are using
substantial amounts of water to tend to newly installed sod and landscaping, leading to increased
bills beyond what the City would have expected when it traded this provision for the waiving of
certain water and sewer impact fees and before the 2022 and anticipated 2023 rate increases.
Therefore, the City Council hereby directs staff to charge double water and sewer rates for
twelve months (six bills), and then beginning with the next bill following twelve months of
occupancy, those households will pay rates similar to incorporated customers and those having a
Pre-Annexation Agreement in place prior to occupying their houses in unincorporated areas.
Section 9. That all ordinances and resolutions, or parts thereof, in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance are, to the extent of such conflict, expressly repealed.
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Section 10. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage,
approval, and publication in pamphlet form as provided by law.
PASSED this 5" day of December 2022.
Alderman L. Chassee Alderman J. Beifuss
Alderman A. Hallett Alderman J. Jakabcsin
Alderman M. Birch-Ferguson Alderman S. Dimas
Alderman C. Swiatek Alderman R. Stout
Alderman C. Dettmann Alderman J. Short
Alderman J. Morano Alderman M Garling
Alderman J. Sheahan Alderman H. Brown
HITT
ITT
APPROVED as to form:
City Attorney
APPROVED this 5" day of December 2022.
Mayor Ruben Pineda
ATTEST:
Valeria Perez, Executive Office Assistant
PUBLISHED:
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